Carpet sample rack

ABSTRACT

A device for storing and displaying carpet samples, having superimposed series of separated storage compartments and being of a construction permitting easy assembly of the rack at the desired location, providing maximum capacity in a minimum of space.

United States Patent [56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,507,746 9/1924 Malsin 312/125 3,341,266 9/1967 Schecter et a1. 312/11 Primary Examiner Ramon S. Britts Attorney-Ranseler O. Wyatt ABSTRACT: A device for storing and displaying carpet samples, having superimposed series of separated storage compartments and being of a construction permitting easy assembly of the rack at the desired location, providing maximum capacity in a minimum of space.

7 WTW r i ir-L f 2 CARPET SAMPLE RACK SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A carpet sample display rack having a base member slotted on one end face and have a core receiving axial projection, partitions mountable in said slots and annular members slotted on both upper and lower end face, and supporting additional partitions in superimposed relation, said partitions being mounted in the grooves in the upper face, and a top member having an axial projection receivable in said core and having slots in the lower end face thereof adapted to receive the upper end of the partitions from the uppermost annular member below.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of the assembled rack.

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view, in cross section, and

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary elevational view, in cross section, taken on the line 3-3 of FIG. 2.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT In the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a base member, which is provided with suitable supports as the legs 2, 2, and which is annular in shape and has the projecting axial member 3 to receive the vertical core 4. The upper face of the base member 1 has the radial slots 6, 6 which receive the lower ends of the partitions 5, and the upper ends of the partitions 5 are fitted into slots, as 6, 6, in the lower face of the superimposed annular member 7. The member 7 is slotted on its upper and faces and similarly constructed is the annular member 8, the slots in the lower face of member 8 receiving the partitions 5 mounted in the slots in the upper face of the member 7. A top, as 9, has the axial projection 10 in its lower face adapted to fit in the upper end of the core 4, and having slots in its lower face to receive the upper end of the partitions mounted in the upper end face ofthe member 8.

The rack may be quickly and easily assembled, without the need of nails or screws, by placing the base member at the desired location, placing the core 4 on the base member 1, with the projection 3 extending into the core 4, and four partitions, 5, 5, then placed in diametrically opposed relation in the slots 6, 6, so that a partition is mounted at 0, 90, 180 and 360 of the circle formed by the upper face of the base member, and the annular member 7 is then placed on the core 4, and lowered thereon until the bottom face contacts the top margins of the partitions 5, 5, where it is then maneuvered to receive the top end faces of the four partitions 5, 5, mounted in the slots formed in the lower end face of the member 7. The remainder of the partitions 5, 5 comprising the lowermost series of partitions may then be inserted in the remaining slots between the base member and the member 7. Four partitions are then mounted in the top face of the section 7, and another section as 8 lowered in place and the remainder of the second series of partitions mounted in the grooves of the respective sections, and this process is repeated for the desired height of the rack, and the top section is then mounted on the top of the uppermost series of partitions, with the projection 10 extending into the top end of the core 4.

Rug samples as l l, 1 1 may be stored between the respective partitions 5, 5, where they may be readily drawn out for inspection,

What I claim is:

1. In a display rack, an annular base member, an upwardly projecting axial member integral with said base member, a tubular core mounted on said axial member of said base member at substantially right-angles to said base member, partitions abutting said core and extending radially therefrom, partition supporting means having a central opening therein receiving said core, said partition supporting means resting on the top of one series of partitions and supporting additional superimposed series of partitions, and a top member resting on the uppermost series of partitions and having an integral downwardly projecting axial member extendedjnto said core, said upwardly pro ecting axial member and said downwardly projecting axial member each extending a limited distance into said core and being in sufficiently tight engagement therewith to maintain the elements of the rack in assembled relationship.

2, The device defined in claim 1 wherein the top face of said base member is provided with radial grooves adapted to receive the lower end faces of one series of said partitions, and the partition supporting means are provided with radial grooves on their upper and lower faces to receive the upper and lower end faces of superimposed series of partitions.

3. The device defined in claim 1 wherein said base member and said top member are provided with radial grooves on the inside face of each of said members and the additional superimposed partitions having radial grooves in the respective upper and lower faces thereof adapted to receive said partitions. 

1. In a display rack, an annular base member, an upwardly projecting axial member integral with said base member, a tubular core mounted on said axial member of said base member at substantially right-angles to said base member, partitions abutting said core and extending radially therefrom, partition supporting means having a central opening therein receiving said core, said partition supporting means resting on the top of one series of partitions and supporting additional superimposed series of partitions, and a top member resting on the uppermost series of partitions and having an integral downwardly projecting axial member extended into said core, said upwardly projecting axial member and said downwardly projecting axial member each extending a limited distance into said core and being in sufficiently tight engagement therewith to maintain the elements of the rack in assembled relationship.
 2. The device defined in claim 1 wherein the top face of said base member is provided with radial grooves adapted to receive the lower end faces of one series of said partitions, and the partition supporting means are provided with radial grooves on their upper and lower faces to receive the upper and lower end faces of superimposed series of partitions.
 3. The device defined in claim 1 wherein said base member and said top member are provided with radial grooves on the inside face of each of said members and the additional superimposed partitions having radial grooves in the respective upper and lower faces thereof adapted to receive said partitions. 